CA1114219A - Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing plates - Google Patents

Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing plates

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Publication number: CA1114219A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: exposure; platen; master; printing; layer
Prior art date: 1977-06-10
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA305,101A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Richard E. Amtower

Norman Mcgowan

William Jeffers

Klaus-Peter Schon

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Hoechst AG

CNA Holdings LLC

Original Assignee

Hoechst AG

American Hoechst Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1977-06-10

Filing date

1978-06-09

Publication date

1981-12-15

1978-06-09 Application filed by Hoechst AG, American Hoechst Corp filed Critical Hoechst AG

1981-12-15 Application granted granted Critical

1981-12-15 Publication of CA1114219A publication Critical patent/CA1114219A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

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- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/04—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
- G03G15/04036—Details of illuminating systems, e.g. lamps, reflectors
- G03G15/04045—Details of illuminating systems, e.g. lamps, reflectors for exposing image information provided otherwise than by directly projecting the original image onto the photoconductive recording material, e.g. digital copiers
- G03G15/04072—Details of illuminating systems, e.g. lamps, reflectors for exposing image information provided otherwise than by directly projecting the original image onto the photoconductive recording material, e.g. digital copiers by laser

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Manufacture Or Reproduction Of Printing Formes (AREA)
Exposure And Positioning Against Photoresist Photosensitive Materials (AREA)
Exposure Or Original Feeding In Electrophotography (AREA)
Laser Beam Printer (AREA)

CA305,101A 1977-06-10 1978-06-09 Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing plates Expired CA1114219A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/805,373 US4149798A (en)	1977-06-10	1977-06-10	Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing masters
US805,373		1977-06-10

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1114219A true CA1114219A (en)	1981-12-15

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA305,101A Expired CA1114219A (en)	1977-06-10	1978-06-09	Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing plates

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4149798A (de)
EP (1)	EP0000048B1 (de)
JP (1)	JPS545737A (de)
AT (1)	AT357033B (de)
CA (1)	CA1114219A (de)
DE (1)	DE2861340D1 (de)
IT (1)	IT1123451B (de)

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1978
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- 1978-06-05 DE DE7878100088T patent/DE2861340D1/de not_active Expired
- 1978-06-06 JP JP6822378A patent/JPS545737A/ja active Pending
- 1978-06-08 AT AT418278A patent/AT357033B/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1978-06-09 IT IT24406/78A patent/IT1123451B/it active
- 1978-06-09 CA CA305,101A patent/CA1114219A/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0000048B1 (de)	1981-11-25
IT7824406A0 (it)	1978-06-09
US4149798A (en)	1979-04-17
AT357033B (de)	1980-06-10
DE2861340D1 (en)	1982-01-28
IT1123451B (it)	1986-04-30
JPS545737A (en)	1979-01-17
EP0000048A1 (de)	1978-12-20

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1998-12-15	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4149798A (en)	1979-04-17	Electrophotographic apparatus and method for producing printing masters
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